Club Arnage
Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ron Jeremy on May 04, 2004, 09:22:05 pm
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Is it really worth taking bikes (pedal cycles) to Le Mans ?
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Hi Ron, welcome.
Whether bikes are useful depends on a) what vehicle you arrive in, and b) what you want to see:-
Vehicle - If your'e in a car with tent, you can use the car to get about for food & drink supplies. A motorhome is best left on site (otherwise your pitch will be gone when you return ! :'(, and a bike is good to visit the supermarket for breakfast etc.
Seeing things : The quickest way to see Arnage, Mulsanne corner etc at night (essential !!) is by bike, as the traffic jams are legendary, and the Gendames are quite likely to breathalyse car drivers (with good reason ::) ::)
So if you can, do !!
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Ron
Do you wear special shorts to reduce the chaffing ?
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Hi Ron,
As already mentioned Bicycles are useful if you are camped far from the action or if you like to view from lots of areas. Shopping and exploring the country side etc is great. take a chain/cable lock so you can secure to fences etc. avoid the grand stand area as too many people about to be able to ride. a small back pack for carryig essential supplies ie more beer camera etc. also useful.
Canada Phil
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Bikes are essential if in a motorhome and do not have a car with you.
Arnage is a must at night but mulsanne was made awkward by the Gendarmes. The road past arnage is one way and the gendarmes will not even let you walk the bike down this road. The detour is over 10km or longer when pissed. I have cycled back from arnage the easy way!
Mulsanne is not that great late at night best in the day but arnage is at its best at night.
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I always take a bike due to having a motorhome but be aware the gendarmes always enforce the LAW. I went to mulsanne on my bike last year and then went to ride back the same way past arnage. I was told that it is one way and I would not even be allowed to walk. It made me cycle about an extra 10km in the night with no map!
Arnage is a must and is easy on a bike but avoid going to Mulsanne. Certainly at night I found mulsanne not worth the detour. Arnage however is at its best in the dead of night, maybe go after a meal in arnage on wednesday on thursday.
Was that Mulsanne Corner or the Mulsanne Straight Rick??
Did n't make it to the Mulsanne Straight at PQ so I still have something to do in June!
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That was the corner I headed for but was pissed and had video tape of flipping fast cars on a straight when I got back. I did have an arguement with the police on my return so I guess I will never know.
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Thanks, sorry about the typo in the title.
As i was going with my eldest, the thought of "dad, my legs hurt" as we marched off to some corner was too much to contemplate.
Bikes it is then.
Regards.
Ron
Ps too much padding in the bum makes you look like you've messed your pants so its a compromise, restu
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Essential campsite transport for our advance party this year...a Chopper and a Grifter!
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Hold the press's.
where on earth did you find an Origional gear shift Chopper !!!
I was told they cant be sold ?
And nice Grifter, takes me back a few year, mine was Green , lime green !!
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Jeez,
Looking at that pic has made my eyes water, it reminded me where that gear knob used to end up when you slammed the brakes on.
I dunno about lime green Robbo, mine were red-raw.
H
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Robbo - our very own "Swiss" (Toni) bought them on Ebay just before the new edition was announced. He was going to respray green and create a Beermountain (LM) version, but it seemed a bit criminal as the condition was so good so I stopped him!
Any suggestions for key modifications as they are in our skunk works at the moment - eg baguette holders, water pistol front mounting, beer rack, ice box etc?!
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Are original Choppers still darn expensive??? Pre recent re-release minters were going for 600 notes on ebay, restoration jobbies about 400 I seem to remember.
Keep the little beauty locked up at all times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Got a mk III chopper still, worth roughly 300notes.
ps. 2nd gear still doesn't work. :D
Nice Grifter in that pic too....looks like the mud guard was never used to simulate the sound of an engine!!
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What a nice looking chopper you have Mr.Toad ;D ;D
I'm sure that the strap on across the back of the seat warned against carrying passengers, yeah right with a seat like that!
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... the strap on across the back of the seat ....
Cue H again ;D
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... the strap on across the back of the seat ....
Cue H again ;D
That will teach me to read my posts before posting them up here :-X
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That's the problem with your Chopper - they might have looked (and felt) massive in the late 70's, but when you sit on one these days they seem a tad on the small size..
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That's the problem with your Chopper - they might have looked (and felt) massive in the late 70's, but when you sit on one these days they seem a tad on the small size..
Funnily enough, that's what the missus says! ;D
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I punctured my right thigh with the brake handle of my brothers chopper when i was about 14.
I'm not fond of them.
While we are talking bikes, if any one is looking for a funny read, try 'french revloutions' by Tim Moore, its his account of cycling the 2000 tour de France route.
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Nordic, I can fully believe you punctured your right thigh with your chopper. Dress to the left is my advice.
Bastard things. I once tried to wheely a friend's Chopper. But it went over too far backards and I smashed my head on the road. This could explain a lot I suppose.
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Andy, did you wheely do THAT to your friends chopper.
Surely Raleigh would have considered a different name for a bike......like penis?
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... the strap on across the back of the seat ....
Cue H again ;D
Shall i stand in for BIG H again. Choppers have been RIDDEN by us before ;D although hoping Paula is willing to join me instead of BIG H this time!
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What? Like the Raleigh Trouser Snake? Or Elswick Giant Pink Hairy Cobbler?
They never caught on with the kids and were a sales flop. Not really a big selling point with parents either I wouldn't think. No wonder the factory in Notts has now shut and they're all made in China; the seat now faces sideways.
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At least sitting sideways your Claude Butlers are of the way...
H
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At least sitting sideways your Claude Butlers are of the way...
H
Not if you're like the mate I went to antigua with. He recently got cracked in the nads by a high speed cricket ball when feilding at slip and apparently a surrounding membrane filled up with water and it will never go down. So his left one now has the dimensions of a medium sized easter egg, eg the Cadburys Buttons one, and it rather puts the right one in the shade. It was hilarious on the beach when he was wearing a pair of swimmers and it kept popping out to say hello to the girls. The police were going to baton charge it.
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Maybe the local authorities should treat it as a roundabout.
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Maybe the local authorities should treat it as a roundabout.
Crikey, don't let him anywhere near Swindon then!!
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While we are talking bikes, if any one is looking for a funny read, try 'french revloutions' by Tim Moore, its his account of cycling the 2000 tour de France route.
Yep, brilliant book!! ;D
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Great hairy bollocks!!
Ooo-err. Something very similar happened to a mate of mine just before we were due to go on a fortnights holiday in Falaraki. The left one swelled to the size of a grapefruit (the right one seemed to completely disappear, probably in fright). The doctors advised him not to fly and to stay in hospital for further tests, so he discharged himself and made his way to Gatwick.
The reduced pressure in the cabin didn't help and seemed to make it swell further. Despite a lot of gin and tonic he had to plead disabled to get a special seat. I have some great photos of it, I think we dressed it up as a Russian premier one night.
H
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While we are talking bikes, if any one is looking for a funny read, try 'french revloutions' by Tim Moore, its his account of cycling the 2000 tour de France route.
Yep, brilliant book!! ;D
Still can't believe he tossed that postcard! :o
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I love the way this thread has deteriorated from a legitimate query regarding the practicalities of taking a cycle to Le Mans to a discussion regarding Andy and H's mates testicles.
Priceless. ;D
H, when you say he "discharged himself", did he use a sock?
And was that to relieve the pressure on the member?
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I love the way this thread has deteriorated from a legitimate query regarding the practicalities of taking a cycle to Le Mans to a discussion regarding Andy and H's mates testicles.
Priceless. ;D
You mean you still expect it any other way??? ;D I think we all know each other well enuff by now! ;)
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Using a sock?
Suppose that is as good a way of using (losing) all those bloody white socks still hanging around since the early nineties all over the bloody house...
Last time I looked even the dog had a couple in his basket.
B. embarrassing!
Bill :-[